LocoRoco Midnight Carnival

There’s one thing that the PSPgo can do that the other PlayStation Portable systems can’t: You can play the hand-held with the system closed. You don’t have to push the face buttons. You don’t even have to press start to begin the game. All you have to do is take it out of your pocket and play.

And the one game on the system that takes advantage of this early on is LocoRoco Midnight Carnival. It was one of the first games I gravitated toward at the PSPgo event last week and one I surprisingly enjoyed.

With the system closed, the hand-held felt almost like an iPhone with dedicated shoulder buttons. You get a good feel for the PSPgo when playing like this. That’s when I realized that the thing is damn small. To give you an idea, my hands are 8.5 inches from thumb to pinky and I could almost feel my middle fingers touching across the back. You can check the width of your hand here.